'At least eight dead in Graz school shooting' with major police operation underway in Austria

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: MSN/The Independent

At least eight people have been killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, according to reports.

Austrian police confirmed that a major operation was underway in the city on Tuesday morning after gunshots were heard inside the school. Austria’s interior ministry has now confirmed that there are several deaths.

Local newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported that at least eight fatalities have been confirmed. Police said the situation is secure and no further danger is expected after the school was evacuated with everyone taken to a safe meeting point.

The suspected perpetrator, reportedly a pupil, is believed to have killed himself, ORF reported, but it is unclear whether the student’s reported death is included in the total reported victim toll.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/at-least-eight-dead-in-graz-school-shooting-with-major-police-operation-underway-in-austria/ar-AA1GqeIR

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Graz mayor Elke Kahr has just told the Austria Press Agency APA that there are nine dead, including seven students, one adult. It is understood that the ninth dead is the perpetrator.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/10/russia-strikes-drown-peace-efforts-zelenskyy-ukraine-europe-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6847fee08f0847b9d7ae49d6#block-6847fee08f0847b9d7ae49d6

Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured.

There is currently no suggestion the two attacks were linked.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/10/russia-strikes-drown-peace-efforts-zelenskyy-ukraine-europe-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6847f6418f0868a29b8015be#block-6847f6418f0868a29b8015be

Austrian police have said the shooting took place at a federal upper secondary school on Dreierschützengasse, in the north-west of the city of Graz, not far from the main central train station.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3vxrz6rpnt?post=asset%3A8d43656e-0cf7-4300-bbb8-3697fd484665#post

[Demovictory9]

1. More "American style" mass shootings in other countries lately..or car mass killings

[nitpicked]

2. Link to BBC live thread

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce3vxrz6rpnt

[nitpicked]

3. snip from BBC

(snip)
06:21
Breaking

Paul Kirby
Europe digital editor

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr has told Austria's APA news agency that nine people have been killed in today's gun attack.

The shooting took place at about 10:00 (09:00BST) at the Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz in south-east Austria.

APA says they include seven school students and an adult.

The mayor says the gunman is among the dead. He is thought to have been a student and police say he probably took his own life. Elke Kahr has spoken of a terrible tragedy.
(snip)

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Does Austria have strict gun control laws

like Germany? (Only Police, military, and Jaegers can possess and use guns.)

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Looks like over 18s (I'll guess that means "18 or over") can own rifles and break-action shotguns easily

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_Austria

For over 21s, a permit for up to two handguns, repeating shotguns and semi-automatic rifles can be obtained with "a good reason (law stipulates self-defense at home as a good reason)".

[TexLaProgressive]

7. Gun ownership in Germany is strongly regulated, but not prohibitive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control_in_Germany

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Ten dead in Austria school attack, police confirm

Police have confirmed that ten people are dead, including the perpetrator, following the shooting at Dreierschützengasse high school.

Several people are also seriously injured, they add in a post on X.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3vxrz6rpnt?post=asset%3A73d508e4-25e1-4410-bd9d-b8fe0552113f#post

[sinkingfeeling]

8. We used to spread democracy; now it's our gun violence.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Updates from officials

Nine people were killed in the attack and 12 more were injured, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner confirmed - six of the victims were female and three were male
The suspected perpetrator was a 21-year-old Austrian man from the Graz area. He died by suicide in a bathroom at the school, local police said
The 21-year-old was a former student at the school where the attack happened, but he did not graduate, Karner said
Two guns were used in the attack - a long gun and a handgun, police said
Both firearms were legally owned by the suspected gunman, who also had a firearm licence

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3vxrz6rpnt?post=asset%3Ac5fa03f3-2a6b-47f7-97ad-d84f54999742#post

[nitpicked]

10. Death toll in Austria school shooting rises to 11 after victim dies in hospital

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce3vxrz6rpnt

13:08
Breaking
The death toll in the Graz attack has risen to 11 after a victim injured in this morning's shooting died in hospital, Austria's APA news agency and ORF report.

AFP news agency also reports comments from a hospital official: "A woman has died from her injuries in a hospital."

Earlier, officials said that six females and three males were among the dead.

Police believe the suspect, a 21-year-old former student, killed himself in a school bathroom.